Sheesh,

I do know how to spell flycatcher. Really I do. I guess I've been doing too much online chatting, or maybe it's what these birds do when they call to each other.

Mim

On Oct 19, 2009, at 12:08 PM, mimbrava@mindspring.com wrote:

> Jerry and all, > > I'm afraid I can't address the flychatchers' behavior, but the bird- > human interaction reminds me of a recent Moment of Geek on the Rachel > Maddow show, which I share here for your amusement (though it's not > really about the topic, so forgive me): > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeisOV4FAWw > > Mim Eisenberg > Roswell > > On Oct 19, 2009, at 11:52 AM, Jerry Brunner wrote: > >> Dear Birders, >> >> About a year ago during a field trip to Johnson Ferry CNRA I was >> with about >> a dozen birders. As we birded the front area an Eastern Phoebe flew >> over and >> landed very near us. Then it flew up into the face of one of the >> birders. It >> made attempts to land on people's heads and when someone stretched >> out their >> hand it landed on it. The only explanation I could come up with was >> that >> perhaps this had been an injured bird that was rehabilitated by >> someone and >> then released. So it was used to people. >> >> Now it gets strange. Last night I was told a similar story of a >> flycatcher >> in Decatur landing on someone's rake when they were working. The >> bird would >> fly in their face and even pecked them in the eye. They aren't >> birders and >> identified the bird as a flycatcher by looking on the internet. >> This was a >> recent event and they live a long distance from the area this >> happened to >> us. So is this the beginning of an Alfred Hitchcock story or are >> we to >> assume it was the same bird traveling to another part of town >> looking for >> new friends. Or was it another rehabilitated and released flycatcher >> behaving the same way? Has anyone had similar experiences or have any >> possible explanations? >> >> >> >> Jerry Brunner >> >> Decatur >> >> ********** >> To search GABO-L archives or manage your subscription, go to >> http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/gabo-l.html >> >> To contact a listowner, send message to >> GABO-L-request@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU >> >> To view GABO-L information/guidelines, go to >> http://www.gos.org/gabo.html >> > > ********** > To search GABO-L archives or manage your subscription, go to > http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/gabo-l.html > > To contact a listowner, send message to > GABO-L-request@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > > To view GABO-L information/guidelines, go to > http://www.gos.org/gabo.html >

********** To search GABO-L archives or manage your subscription, go to http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/gabo-l.html

To contact a listowner, send message to GABO-L-request@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU

To view GABO-L information/guidelines, go to http://www.gos.org/gabo.html